Arthur P. Bagby

Arthur Pendleton Bagby (1794-21 September 1858) was Governor of Alabama (D) from 30 November 1837 to 22 November 1841 (succeeding Hugh McVay and preceding Benjamin Fitzpatrick) and a US Senator from Alabama from 24 November 1841 to 16 June 1848 (succeeding Clement Comer Clay and preceding William R. King)

Biography
Arthur Pendleton Bagby was born in Louisa County, Virginia in 1794,  and he became a lawyer in Claiborne, Alabama in 1819. He served in the state legislature before serving as Governor from 1837 to 1841, when he was appointed to fill a vacancy in the US Senate. He served until his own resignation in 1848 to serve as ambassador to Russia from 1848 to 1849, and he died in 1858.